frangible
/ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/
"frangible" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frangible” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frangible · frangible · English
frangible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frangible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “frangible” in English
Rare enough to double-check
frangible is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frangible, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indi… The correct English form is frangible, spelled F-R-A-N-G-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frangible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A certain learned and curious Author gives us the following Characters or Properties of Glaſs, whereby it is diſtinguiſh'd from all other Bodies, viz. […] That it is frangible when thin, without annealing.
Another object still [of roasting iron ore], is to make the ore more frangible, that it may be easily broken into fragments of a suitable size for smelting.
Etymology
From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.